as in to describe
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan
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Recent Examples of recount
Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
Witnesses recounted the chaos that followed at the scenes and at hospitals, as security forces and emergency services quickly intervened.
—Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026
Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Such lies have not just been disputed over the years but disproved by numerous studies, analyses and election recounts.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
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Verb
In one of the most affecting stretches in the biography, Oppenheimer recounts how Rudy died prematurely of a heart attack less than a month before Blume’s wedding.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
Witnesses recounted the chaos that followed at the scenes and at hospitals, as security forces and emergency services quickly intervened.
—Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
—Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Such lies have not just been disputed over the years but disproved by numerous studies, analyses and election recounts.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recount
Verb
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Police released images of the suspect described as a man between 40 and 49 years of age, about 5-feet-9 to 5-feet-10, weighing about 150 pounds.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Liz’s view The world Fink describes is a less efficient and more expensive one.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The amount beneficiaries receive varies based on several factors, including the number of people filing.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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All of Hawaii's islands had spots with more than 15 inches of rain while parts of Maui were overwhelmed with double that amount, the weather service said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Ivan Montijo, a b-boy breakdancer who teaches breakdancing to students in Stockton schools, told CBS Sacramento that this mural is a grassroots movement.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Southern Israel's main hospital received at least 175 wounded from Arad and Dimona, deputy director Roy Kessous told The Associated Press.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Also on Tuesday, the board approved three separate resolutions to accept a total of $69,500 in grant funding from the United States Tennis Association for resurfacing of the courts at the city's tennis center.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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Because Naperville is in both DuPage and Will counties, vote totals from both will need to be counted before unofficial results are complete.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The story — told in the colorful, emotional graphic novel that will be published by Z2 — follows three artists on the Seattle scene, tracking their triumphs and tragedies as they are guided by an oracle, the Queen of the Seasons, who narrates the story.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2026
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The free service, narrated by podcaster Tom Henschel, lists publicly accessible wildflower viewing points in Southern and Central California.—
Jessie Schiewe,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But that’s also because the performances are so heavily freighted with character, so to speak, that the humanity of the whole often gets shrouded in so many fantastical layers.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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On the whole, American companies and their employees are doing a better job of saving for retirement.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun, who for decades have chronicled Black life in Louisiana, focusing on the prison-industrial system and the state’s history of slavery, were recognized for photography.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
16 Mar. 2026
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And Semafor will be there to chronicle the journey.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Two other gamblers won five-figure sums in California from last week’s draws.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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That was an average of more than $20,000 to the 21,000 employees who received a lump-sum check.—
Melody Gutierrez,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Recount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recount. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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